need to repair wireless card and then it works

got a dell inspiron 8100 laptop with a pcmcia wireless 56mb linksys adapter that was giving a network error when trying to connect to an open wireless network at clients site. tried on my wireless network with same no connectivity. weird could see the network but when click connect button gave a network error.

uninstalled driver and reinstalled and now i can connect to the wireless network but each time i have to do a repair on the card first then it finds the wireless router no more than 10 feet away. each time system is rebooted need to repair first then the connection can be made.

hope i didnt blow that explanation. ideas as always very appreciated.

 

cant believe no one has replied to my request for help. very disappointed.

 

Didn't have a "for sure" answer so I passed the first time I read this. Now that you've expressed your disappointment, figured I'd throw in a little speculation to possibly soften the blow - it could it be that you are running both the Linksys configuration utility along with the Windows wireless networking component. I've seen this on a lot of laptops that have something other than Microsoft trying to set their wireless configuration. Have you tried disabling the linksys tool from running at startup and using the advanced properties of your wireless TCP/IP setting to permit MS to do its thing by controlling this?

 

rockster2u

i do appreciate you replying. didnt mean to sound upset but im sure youve come across situations that just dont make sense and this is one for me. yep, have already made sure windows is handling the configuration. the way it acts is like the router is set to g mode only and the pcmcia card is a b or a but have checked that and yes the router is set to g mode but the pccard is also a new 802.11g. like is stated it sees the router but but gives that dang network error when trying to connect. going to pick up the machine later today and try rebuilding back to default and see what happens. only thing left i can think of to do. i have searched everywhere i can think of and tried all suggestions but nothing seems to work so rebuild as last resort. plus my ulcer needs the rest.

thanks rockster

 

I can't add much. Could there be a difference of the radio frequencies that they are working on?

Because of the complexities of network settings, I usually just point people to these sites:
www.practicallynetworked.com
www.homenethelp.com
There are tutorials and probably troubleshooting lists.
There may be specific wireless networking sites around now.

Hope you get some luck.
Matt

 

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Wireless may be a convenience but it ***** I had tons of problems with wireless so I finally gave up and went back to cable

 

I might not have been clear in what I was trying to say as a potential cause but I've seen this behavior quite frequently with Acer and Dell with onboard wireless where the TI Broadcom Utility interferes or conflicts with native Windows XP wireless and it takes a click of the wireless repair which disables and re-enables the wireless connection. My solution when this has been encountered is to use Mike Lin's Startup CPL to disable the broadcom utility from running at startup and then configuring Windows to manage the connection. Since the Linksys PCMCIA card you referenced also comes with a wireless connection management utility which I thought you might have installed, I offered this as a possible reason for your problem. That's probably about as clear as mud, but thats what I was trying to convey - disable the Linksys PCMCIA card connection utility if its running.

Now, another thing (long shot) that you can check out is if its a Linksys G Router and is running the embedded Windows software instead of the Linksys G Router running Linux, be advised that this router has been a problem child. You should be able to Google this subject for more information. The model numbers are different, even though they are both Linksys G Routers.